Fighting a Hurricane

Today I decided to complete a free writing exercise about hurricanes. The following is what transpired, and it’s a bit more metaphorical than I had originally anticipated…

Lately, it feels like I’m fighting a hurricane that was redrawn atop an official government radar map with a permanent marker wielded by a wannabe autocratic ruler who won’t acknowledge inconvenient truths, democracy, humanity, or common decency. Even and especially when it kills people, a lot of people, who live all over the world, including the street…